My Twin Stars

I need to start updating my blog...why is it so hard? tsk tsk... :(

Anyway, the below note was posted in my facebook, I thought it would be good that I put it up here too for the records...

Dear Xuan Xuan and Wei Wei

You two are going to be one year old soon...How time files. Mummy can't find any better words to describe the pure joy to see how you two grow day by day from scrawny little babies to active toddlers.

Mummy and Daddy remember the surprise and excitement when Doc says she saw two blinking heartbeats during the scan. And how both mummy's and daddy's families were excited about having you two too. To us, you two are like gifts that we might have daydreamed of but never thought that we would have in our hands. You two are that precious and special to us.

I also remember the tough and worrying times when I was pregnant with you gals. I had to go through a lot of scans and tests to make sure that both of you are growing well in me. Especially Wei wei, you are always growing at a slower rate than Xuan xuan.

I remember how both of you moved inside me and I am always trying to figure out which of you moved and how are you two positioned in my tummy.

I remember my very 1st (and only, I hope) surgery experience to bring you two out of my tummy. I was so frightened and shaken during the whole surgery. I remembered shivering and crying uncontrollably after I saw you two gals for the 1st time.

It was an unforgettable life experience for me.

Despite the goo and blood, you two were lovely. And Wei wei, you were very tiny then and looked like an angmoh baby (somehow premature tiny babies looked angmoh-ish, I wonder why). I was really relieved that you two turned out healthy and even scored high marks in the Apgar test. I was relieved that both of you need not be placed in the neonatal unit and were able to take to milk bottles pretty fast.

It's a pity I could not breastfeed you gals but I won't feel bad coz I tried my best and I know I have given you the best I could.


Xuan xuan,

You have been a 'easy' baby. You sleep well, drink well and grow well. And you have grown so pretty with your big, sparkling, doey eyes and you have no idea how proud Mummy is whenever I get compliments about your pretty looks.'Look, this baby is very pretty" "Her eyes are so pretty and big" "She will grow up to be a very pretty gal" "She got a sweet smile and pretty eyes" "Her hair is so lush and dark" "She looks like those poster babies" "She can be on commercials"

Your eyes sparkles with joy whenever you see me and glisten with tears whenever I leave you with granny. You are very cuddly and hugable just like your daddy. Whenever people ask whom do you resemble more, I would feel really proud to tell them that you look like me :) No doubt, like your mummy (haha!) you will grow up to memerising boys with your big, sparkling eyes and your lush, black hair.

You love to babble, mostly in baby language and love to start verbal war with Wei wei by ranting 'AHHHHHH' as long as you can. I think you would start talking first. And you are getting closer to say the word, 'Banana'.

You are the pretty one in the family and I am sure you would be the centre of attention wherever you go.


Wei wei,

You are the youngest and the smallest in the family (sometimes you catch up with Xuan on size if she fall sick)). You were only 1.9kg when you were born. I remember how hard it was to feed you as you regurgitate milk everytime after we fed you. And how milk seems to 'leak' from both sides of your mouth. You don't like sleeping too. You sleep very little for a baby.

But man, you are a real fighter and a fast learner. You are catching up with your bigger sis, Xuan xuan in size. You learnt to lift your head, sit up, crawl, hold and stand first. Now you could hold and walk and I believe you will be walking and running before Xuan xuan. You still do not sleep long as you spend most of your time exploring and exercising.

You are an adventurer. Go ahead and dream big, gal. You are destined for big things. (like what your daddy love to say, "I like big things")

You are a pretty girl too, your eyes are big and there is a cheeky glint in them. Your hair is brown and fine unlike Xuan xuan. I feel the most appreciated whenever I am with you coz I can sense that you are always looking around for me even when you are in the midst of playing your toys. I love it when you would always lunge towards me for hugs and kisses.


My two little twin stars,

I am really happy that I m ranked number '1' in the eyes of both of you. Everyone, including granny and ah-ma or even daddy cannot replace my position in your hearts. When I m around, you two refuse to settle for the second-best and only want me to carry and I ve to 'struggle' to carry two of you at the same time.

Although we have no choice but to separate you two at both grannies' homes over the weekdays, mummy and daddy believe that this arrangement was the best for both of you and we are very sure that you two would be well-loved and well-taken care of by both grannies. Every weekend, I look forward to seeing how you two giggle and smile when you two reunite.

I simply love the moments when you two wake up together with us in the mornings. You gals smile and giggle like it was the happiest time of the entire day.Mummy has not been taking much photos of you two pretty princesses and I resolve to take more photos of you two this new year.

Looking forward to your 1st birthday, gals :D

Lots of love,Mummy

Two's a company, Three's a crowd

Twins DH ordeal

Twins in trouble at KKH

The twins were warded at KKH over the last weekend.

They were down with diarrhoea since beginnning of last week and on last sat, they were like having DH every hour.

Although we kept them hydrated with rice water, barley water and electrolye solution, it was scary and tiring for us. We had to change their diapers every hour and see them cry in pain as we cleaned their nasty diaper rashes. To make things worse, my mum kept nagging me to bring them to KKH.

We then decided to bring both of them to KKH. We reached KKH at 8.30pm. The doc recommended blood tests and stool sample tests for the twins.

They had to collect stool samples..but believe it or not!? From the time we reached KKH, the twins did not pooped till the next day! I think the air in KKH is therapeutic..I suspect that the twins were miraculously healed when they reached KKH.

But too late, the doc insisted that they are to be warded.

Poor Xuan, her tiny finger was poked and squeezed real hard by the terrible nurse to get the blood sample. She cried till she cried in silence. (parents would know what I mean)

Wei wei had it worse...she had to go thru Xray for her persistent cough (they stripped her top and put her on a hard surface in a very freezing room)and she was poked at her foot (I told the nurse off after she poked Xuan's finger, babies' fingers are too small to extract blood sample!) and endured the collection of blood sample TWICE! All because she kicked and broke the glass tubing which was used to collect her blood sample. She cried until her whole head turned red, till she cried in silence.

The doc only came at 1.30am to assess them. By the time she finished asking a lot of (un)necessary questions (questions like, are mr FAT and me related?, what's our occupations? etc)and did all those examinations on the two babies, we were so deadbeat that we did not even care about the creaky,thin foldable beds which felt like I was lying on steel bars.

We spent about $1K in our 3 days, 2 nites stay there. The medicine given were the same as what were given to us by the kids clinic. Throughout the stay, I received medical diagnosis from doctors who looked like they were poly students going for their presentation. And the twins...they pretty much got well when they reached KKH.

It's those FML things that happen every now and then.

Anyway, all well ends well now. My twincesses are back at home, drinking well, no more smelly and runny poop. No more nagging from my mum too :P

Yes, they are Twins

Yes, they are identical.

Yes, I can tell them apart.

Yes, my hands are full but my heart is overflowing.

Yes, twins do run in my family, they run all over the place.

Yes, they are natural, what's an artificial twin anyway?

Double the giggles, double the grins, double the trouble when you are blessed with twins!

My twincesses

My 2nd attempt at mobile blogging!

Milestones - 4 month

My Twincesses are coming to 4 mths liao! They are premature and may be a bit slow in reaching their milestones but I m sure they will catch up soon!!

4 months
• Smiles, laughs - chk! they smile a lot now!
• Can bear weight on legs - they can't do it yet...
• Coos when you talk to her - chk!
• Can grasp a toy - half-chk! they bat at their toys and sometimes manage to grab it
• Rolls over, from tummy to back - they are trying very hard ; xuan is likely to roll over 1st
• Imitates sounds: "baba," "dada" - half chk!: they now say goo goo gaga
• Cuts first tooth - not yet ; they are not drooling yet!
• May be ready for solid foods - not yet, but I wish they start soon coz wei wei dun seem to like milk...

Xuan can already lift her head high up when she's on her tummy..Wei is still munching on her hands and refuse to lift her head but this little munchkie is going to do soon pretty soon!

Stranger Anxiety

Xuan and Wei are 3 months, 4 weeks old now. They are now in the phase of stranger anxiety (SA)...

I brought Xuan to my mum-in-law's place on Fri nite. Wei was already there as she was taken care by my MIL.

Xuan was sleepy and fell asleep soon after we reached the place. Wei just woke up and was happily lying on her back, smiling and playing with my PILs.

Then Xuan woke up to see herself in an unfamiliar place, she looked a bit confused. MIL carried her and tried to coax her smile.

Then it happened.

Xuan started crying. Her cries became wailing. Tears started streaming down her chubby red cheeks, she cried so loud that we were all shell-shocked. But she could not be pacified even after I carried her away. There was a moment she cried with no sound from her mouth. This was it. I could not bear it. I carried her out of my MIL's place, managed to calm her down then...

We tried again. My MIL carried her again. She started wailing again. We were terrified. My MIL handed her to me again and I had a hard time calming her down.

This was the 1st time I experienced this with my babies. I recalled I did not experienced that with YY coz she's a very friendly baby.

I tot Xuan was different and that she was very smart to realise that she was in an unfamiliar place and someone unfamiliar was carrying her.

I was wrong. It turns out that Wei was also suffering from SA...

Two days later, I brought the twins to my mum's place.

Wei was noticeably unhappy to be there. The normally-smiley baby was not smiling. Her lips started to quiver and her eyebrows and eyes started to turn red.

Then it happened. Wei started to cry. It was a very loud, screeching cry, just like what Xuan did at my MIL place. Not the usual 'I wan milk'/ 'I wan to sleep' cry.

I calmed her down immediately when I carried her from my dad's hands.

Wei wei also suffered from SA. Luckily for her, it might be lesser coz I sleep with her during nights. She stopped crying almost immediately when I carried her.

Poor Xuan...she sleeps with my mum at nite and might not be as close to me as Wei.

I wonder when they would grow out of this SA...I hope they do so soon... if not, I may ve to bring them both back to sleep....

I can feel them....

I can feel them kicking...it's not my 1st pregnancy...

I m still thrilled and excited feeling them move...

The thing is which one is is kicking? :)

We have given them names...Yu Xuan (宇萱） and Yu Wei （宇薇）...

WXY - Wei, Xuan, Yan...you see... :)

the names sound nice and feminine...and they go well with Yu Yan（宇嫣） :)